Boston Communications Group Purchases State-of-the-art Storage Units to Enhance Network Reliability; Prepaid Wireless Leader Taps EMC For World Renowned Infrastructure Expertise

Business Wire, Sept 14, 2000

Business Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2000

Boston Communications Group, Inc. has upgraded its technological infrastructure by purchasing two EMC 8730 Symmetrix storage units. EMC is the world's leading supplier of enterprise storage systems software and services.

"This purchase bolsters BCGI's multi-million dollar infrastructure by providing our prepaid wireless carrier customers with greater system reliability and stability," said Bill Wessman, Chief Technology Officer for BCGI. "Our relationship with EMC also enables us to deliver a platform that can handle transactions more quickly and efficiently. By adding this new state-of-the-art offering, BCGI continues to position itself as an essential partner to companies interested in entering the m-commerce arena, specifically in the area of processing microtransactions."

Currently, BCGI's network handles an estimated 70 million real-time financial transactions via prepaid wireless phone plans each month.

The purchase of the two new EMC 8730 Symmetrix storage units will allow BCGI to maintain Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) technology, allowing the duplication of data to a different location and ensuring synchronization of stored data between multiple locations. The ability to maintain data in separate locations provides enhanced reliability and assurance to BCGI's prepaid wireless carrier customers.

"We're excited about the addition of the EMC 8730 Symmetrix storage devices to our already robust and flexible transaction processing platform," said E.Y. Snowden, President and CEO of Boston Communications Group. "This acquisition enables BCGI to offer our carrier customers, particularly those entering the new, fast-paced m-commerce marketplace, a quick to market, state-of-the-art processing platform."

Boston Communications Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCGI) is the leading provider of prepaid services to wireless carriers in America. Founded in 1988, BCGI provides telecommunications carriers with a range of resources, support services, and cutting edge technology targeted to address the unique needs of the growing prepaid, electronic, and mobile commerce industries. BCGI provides one or more of its services to the top five wireless carriers in the United States, plus more than 80 additional carriers worldwide. Each service plays an integral role in BCGI's mission: Accelerating telecommunications growth with mission-critical solutions for its business partners. Please visit BCGI's web site at http://www.bcgi.net.